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Originally Posted by LateBoomer
it's a response to a previous post. not political, per say.. but if someone is saying, hey look at what they are saying about this variant! don't question it!!
I'm saying, really? Recent history tells me TO question it. Recent history tells me that one side has very strong reasons to whip up unnecessary hysteria about this again - it's a nice way to divert attention from other serious problems.
The smart person is a skeptical person in this case. Sorry, no, I don't trust the "information" being pumped out by one side and their Big Tech allies. Nope I don't. Trust who? the CDC? Facebook? Jen Psaki? LOL. Not a chance! Questioning what the government is telling us isn't by definition "political". it's a healthy skepticism.
and I'm in the Government, so I know of what i speak  I have served under every administration since Reagan II. while I haven't 'seen it all', I've seen quite a lot.
so are we really going to attempt to shut down different POVs here by saying anything related to the government is inherently political and therefore out of bounds? I would this would not be such an excuse to quell free speech, but it would go along with the times. |
On the other hand, one should not simply reject out of hand anything anyone says, just because... There is so much misinformation today from so many sources, if we are interested in the truth it is up to each of us individually to verify by whatever means everything they hear.